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Monday, October 20, 2014

MIRS and Gongwer, Michigan's top two political publications (along with Inside Michigan Politics) recently picked up on WMP's story regarding the disgusting, racist ad from the Michigan Dems.

Snyder's team called the ad for what it was:

"Snyder
campaign spokesperson Emily Benavides blasted the ad as "more desperate
and baseless lies from Mark Schauer in order to distract voters from
his new job-killing tax proposal on small businesses," according to Gongwer.

However:

"Democrats
have placed a huge emphasis on turning out the Democratic base to vote
this year, and Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Josh Pugh defended
the ad."

Pugh opined:

"You
won't see the Michigan Democratic Party running from the fact that when
Michiganders vote, Democrats win," (Pugh) said. "All over this state,
Democrats stayed home in droves in 2010. We've seen what happens when we
lose. Rick Snyder's agenda has been disastrous for families and
seniors, and we will continue to aggressively hold him accountable for
his out of touch record."

Linda Lee Tarver, a well-known GOP activist and recent candidate for the State Board of Education, was disgusted by the ad, writing on Facebook:

"Desperation does not equate to votes. You can play the race card but African-Americans are not buying it.

Democrat Governor Granholm eliminated school initiated driver education
hurting mostly African-American and Hispanic youth. Schauer was in the (LEGISLATURE) and said NOTHING! Before the Democrats killed driver
education, all youth (regardless of income) could learn a life skill of
driving and gain employment.

Schauer and Democrats fought
against School of Choice. Republican Governor signed school of choice
into law that allowed ME (an African-American mom) to live in a failing
school district but send my children to a better school.

Democrats fought against lifting the ‘cap’ of charter schools in Detroit. Republicans and Governor Snyder lifted the ban.

Democrat Governor Blanchard SIGNED the Emergency Financial Manager law
in 1988. Under Democrat Governor James Blanchard, two emergency managers
were appointed, and under Democrat Governor Jennifer Granholm, seven
emergency managers were appointed. In fact, Governor Granholm appointed
the first emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools in 2009. Democrat
Governor Granholm installed EFMs in: Three Oaks, Detroit, Benton
Harbor, and three EFMs in Pontiac.

I am doing my best to hold
back how I truly feel – but, don’t get it twisted, little black girls
don’t need to be afraid of my governor, she needs to be afraid of
apathetic, truly pathetic, abortion-loving, black-genocide promoting...Democrats who force these little girls to go to a
school unfit for Michael Vic’s dogs and who turn a blind eye to issues
she will face growing up.

These same Democrats will wait until this
scared little black girl is 18 years of age and eligible to vote before
they pretend to be on her side. A lie on a mailer is still a lie!"

Gongwer: Dem Ad: Snyder Wrong For African Americans

The Michigan Democratic Party began running an advertisement this week in African-American newspapers blasting Republican Governor Rick Snyder as having "the wrong priorities for African Americans in Michigan."

Republicans denounced the ad, which features a dour looking Mr. Snyder and an alarmed-looking African American child.

The
ad sounds many of the same themes Democrats have pressed against Mr.
Snyder, but tailors some of those messages specifically to black voters,
a critical Democratic constituency.

For
example, it accuses Mr. Snyder of cutting $1 billion from K-12 schools,
a major theme of the Democratic campaign, but also says "Michigan's
African American fourth-graders are dead last in the country in reading
achievement."

The ad criticizes Mr. Snyder's move to set up the Education Achievement Authority to run the most troubled schools in Detroit.

And it denounces Mr. Snyder's emergency manager law, PA 436 of 2012,
as having taken "away our right to democracy" and that Mr. Snyder named
political appointees who "took over African-American communities."

Snyder
campaign spokesperson Emily Benavides blasted the ad as "more desperate
and baseless lies from Mark Schauer in order to distract voters from
his new job-killing tax proposal on small businesses."

Mr. Schauer recently
discussed the idea of extending the Corporate Income Tax to the 95,000
businesses not now paying the tax and lowering the 6 percent rate, but
backpedaled with his campaign saying it was merely a hypothetical idea.

Democrats
have placed a huge emphasis on turning out the Democratic base to vote
this year, and Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Josh Pugh defended
the ad.

"You
won't see the Michigan Democratic Party running from the fact that when
Michiganders vote, Democrats win," he said. "All over this state,
Democrats stayed home in droves in 2010. We've seen what happens when we
lose. Rick Snyder's agenda has been disastrous for families and
seniors, and we will continue to aggressively hold him accountable for
his out of touch record."

MIRS:

Dem Ad: Snyder Has 'Wrong Priorities For African Americans'

Alleging that Gov. Rick SNYDER has the "wrong priorities for African
Americans," a new print advertisement from the Michigan Democratic State
Central Committee is drawing attention this week.

The
half-page ad, which MIRS verified has appeared in at least one print
publication, has a photo of Snyder and a photo of an African American
child. Between the images, the ad says, "Rick Snyder doesn't stand for
us."

Under that header, the ad details a series of policies as
evidence, and then it says, "Rick Snyder has the wrong priorities for
African Americans in Michigan."

A disclaimer at the bottom of the ad says it was paid for by the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee.

Eric BROWN, a Detroit native who hosts an online radio show, spoke out against the piece on social media earlier this week.

"This is without a doubt the most vile, despicable, untruthful & pathetic ad I have ever seen," Brown posted on Wednesday.

"As an African-American person what really took me aback was the last
bullet in the . . . advertisement," Brown said today of the line "Rick
Snyder has the wrong priorities for African Americans in Michigan."

Brown said he obtained the piece through an email from someone else
this week. According to Brown, the Democrats sent the advertisement to
various African American periodicals across the state. At least one,
Brown said, declined to run the ad.